“From God’s fullness we have all received, grace upon grace” John 1:16
Richard Rohr insists that grace is the essence of who God is.
The goodness of God fills all the gaps of the universe, without discrimination or preference. God is the gratuity of absolutely everything. The space in between everything is not space at all but Spirit. God is the “goodness glue” that holds the dark and light of things together, the free energy that carries all death across the great divide and transmutes it into life. When we say that Christ “paid the debt once and for…
更多Jesus taught us to pray “Your Kingdom come, Your Will be done on earth as it is in heaven”
The kingdom of heaven is of primary importance, what happens on earth is important but is secondary.
How does that work out in practice:1 On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, 2 and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. 3 When the…
更多13 Jesus went to celebrate God’s gift of freedom (in the feast of Passover) at the place set aside for worship (the temple).
14 Instead of being a place which focused on God and His gifts, the temple was a place focussed on things to be bought and sold.
15-17 Jesus drove out those whose primary concern was money saying “Stop turning my Father’s house into a market”Summary:
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…1 Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. 2 He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him.”
3 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.”
4 “How can someone be born when they are old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother’s womb to be born!”
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更多Heavenly Father, please make me aware of the signs that point me to you, and then give me grace to be changed from above so that I may see the kingdom of God.
1 Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. 2 He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him.”
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3…4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions – it is by grace you have been saved. (Ephesians 2:4-5)
3 Jesus replied, ‘Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again (John 3:3)
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更多Heavenly father, please give me grace today to pay attention to the things of the spirit, as well as paying attention to the things of the flesh. May the wind of the spirit blow in my life.
3 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, if anyone is not born from above they are not able to see the kingdom of God”
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4 “How can someone be born when they are old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother’s womb to be born!”
5 …Heavenly Father give me the humility to admit that I don’t understand things, particularly if I ought to know them by now.
Jesus said 7 “”You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You[c]must be born again.’ 8 The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of…
更多Heavenly Father, whenever I see the effects of humanity’s inhumanity and I seek to condemn, turn my eyes to your one and only Son, so that I believe that you are present in the very worst situations seeking to save people from destruction.
14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,[f] 15 that everyone who…
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